MojoKid writes: "The Asus Eee PC is now available for sale in the US as of today and there is
more than enough buzz about this new, low-cost, ultra-portal computer that ships
with a
custom KDE-built interface for Linux. Though the machine has been
positioned by some as a response to the XO-1 laptop from OLPC, it appears to be
a bit more and much less toy-like in its design.
This full evaluation shows the Eee PC is built on Intel's mobile Celeron
and the
910GML Express chipset. Power consumption was measured at
a miserly 15 Watts idle and 18 Watts under load with battery life in excess
of three hours. There is also an abundance of software pre-installed on
the machine, like Open Office applications, Skype and Pigeon."